Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Boy pulling on weight equipment

Young white boy patient sitting on a table holding pulley with no weights attached in the physiotherapy room and is distracted by the photographer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01144.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Child in the water tank for therapy

Young white patient suspended in a water tank by a harness for physiotherapy. The child's back is to the camera and there's a screen along the side of the tank.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01145.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl in leg braces

Young white girl patient in leg braces working on her walking between a set a of parallel bars as part of physical therapy.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01146.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group photo from the boys' ward

Group photo of nine white boys of varying ages in the boys' ward. Five are standing and the others are on hospital beds behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01147.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse with toddlers on the sun terrace

Unidentified white female nurse on one of the sun terraces with two white toddler boys playing. One boy is seated on a tricycle.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01148.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Girl wearing a sash holding a large doll

White girl wearing a dress with a Mercy Hospital Silver Day sash and a nurse's cap. She is outside by some bushes and holding a large doll in her arms.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01149.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children and adults in the outpatient clinic's waiting room

Crowd of adults and children (all white) in the outpatient clinic's waiting room. A white female nurse can be seen behind a barrier.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01150.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children and adults in the outpatient clinic's waiting room

Crowd of adults and children (all white) in the outpatient clinic of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01151.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Patients in the dental clinic

Crowd of children (all white girls and boys) at the dental clinic at Children's Mercy Hospital. Dental equipment can be seen around them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01152.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children in a music lesson

Classroom of students (three African American boys, the rest white girls and boys) who are mostly all in wheelchairs during a music lesson. Most children have a drum or other percussion instrument. Two unidentified white women are leading the class.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01153.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse holding two infants

Unidentified white female nurse seated in a rocking chair and holding a swaddled white infant in each arm. Looking forward at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01154.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl with a chimpanzee doll

Portrait of a young white girl seated on a cushion and holding a chimpanzee doll. A crutch is lying on the floor in front of her. She's looking up and to the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01155.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl in a high chair

Two year old white girl with cystic fibrosis seated in a high chair with a paper cup and baby doll sitting on the tray. Her hair has ribbons and she's looking straight ahead at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01156.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital

Children (all white girls and boys), some in wheelchairs, at a Hallmark Christmas party for Children's Mercy Hospital patients. Christmas decorations are on display on the table at the left with a large Christmas tree on the right. In front of the tree a magician in a long cape is performing with some props on a table beside him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01157.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two unidentified women in front of Christmas decorations

Two unidentified older white women standing behind a table with Christmas decorations at Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01158.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281